The Verfassungsschutz has assigned nearly 40 percent of AfD members to the right-wing extremist potential. At the same time the agency reports a sharp rise in left-wing extremist crimes.
On 30 June 2026 the Verfassungsschutz announced that 28,000 AfD members have been classified as right-wing extremists.
The agency thereby assigns nearly 40 percent of the party’s members to the right-wing extremist potential.
At the same time it records a massive increase in left-wing extremist crimes.
Reported by AI Image generated by AI
The latest RTL/ntv Trendbarometer by Forsa shows the AfD at 27 percent, five points ahead of the Union at 22 percent. The Union records its worst result since December 2021. Approval for Chancellor Friedrich Merz has fallen to a low of 15 percent.
Left-wing extremists have threatened on the Indymedia platform to storm the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt if the AfD wins the state election on September 6.
Reported by AI
A court ruled that the intelligence service in Lower Saxony may classify the AfD as an observation object of considerable significance. The decision is not yet legally binding.
Stephan Kramer, president of the Thuringian Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has sharply rejected calls for expanded powers for the domestic intelligence service.
Reported by AI
The AfD parliamentary group opened its first democracy congress on Friday at the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin. Participants will discuss freedom of opinion, media and human rights until Saturday afternoon.